Freight Rail Perspective on Capacity Issues: Summary of Remarks
Demand for rail services continues to grow. Intermodal leads the way, as more and more international traffic flows into all U.S. coasts. It is a good time to be in the railroad business, as revenues reflect. The state of the industry is robust, but it continues to face challenges, some driven by its success. This paper explores briefly the capacity issue and how research initiatives can be designed to help create solutions.
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Authors:
- Moorman, Charles W
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Conference:
- Workshop on Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2006-4-5 to 2006-4-6
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: pp 38-40
- Monograph Title: Research to Enhance Rail Network Performance
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings on the Web
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
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Publication flags:
Open Access (libre)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Freight service; Intermodal services; Railroad transportation; Research
- Uncontrolled Terms: Railroad capacity
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01046038
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 9 2007 2:11PM